Check out the description of the winning entry below and read about some of our other favorite entries.

Winner: Open Stubborn Soda Bottles With a Ketchup Top

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Reader scorp1us shows us a simple but effective way to open plastic soda bottles, the lids of which can get especially tight if they've already been opened and reclosed and the pressure has built up. Scorp1us discovered that the lid from a Heinz ketchup bottle fits perfectly over the cap of a regular plastic soda bottle, giving you and extra big lid to twist and more gripping power.

Honorable Mentions

We got a lot of great entries and we'd be remiss if we didn't share some of our favorites. Here are some of the entries that really impressed us.

Create a Beautiful Tray From Empty Beer Bottles

HeartofGlass created a really interesting shallow bowl from five Corona bottles by flattening and fusing the bottles together under high heat. This process, known as slumping, requires a kiln, but if you have access to one, you can create some really cool things. To get you started, here are instructions for creating a glass bottle cheese tray that give you a pretty good overview of the slumping process.

Replace a Chemex Vase With an Empty Wine Bottle

Balders2 loves his Chemex coffee maker, but didn't like that the included vase was so fragile and expensive to replace. He created a stand out of an used wine bottle filled with water (for weight) by repurposing a plastic funnel. He cut the bottom off the funnel, screwed it into the cork in the wine bottle, and then attached top part of the funnel to the contraption. He added a metal insert that was easy to remove and clean and now has a cheap and durable system for making Chemex coffee.

A big thanks to everyone who took the time to send us entries! Be sure to check back every week for a new challenge.